Job 18 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 18

Then Bildad

the Shuhite

replied:

“How long

until

you end

these speeches?

Show some sense,

and then

we can talk.

Why

are we regarded

as cattle,

as stupid

in your sight?

You who tear

yourself

in anger—

should the earth

be forsaken

on your account,

or the rocks

be moved

from their place?

Indeed,

the lamp

of the wicked

is extinguished;

the flame

of his fire

does not

glow.

The light

in his tent

grows dark,

and the lamp

beside him

goes out.

His vigorous

stride

is shortened,

and his own schemes

trip him up.

For

his own feet

lead

him into a net,

and he wanders

into

its mesh.

A trap

seizes

his heel;

a snare

grips him.

A noose

is hidden

in the ground,

and a trap

lies in

his path.

Terrors

frighten

him on every side

and harass

his every step.

His strength

is

depleted,

and calamity

is ready

at his side.

It devours

patches

of his skin;

the firstborn

of death

devours

his limbs.

He is torn

from the shelter

of his tent

and is marched off

to the king

of terrors.

Fire

resides

in his tent;

brimstone

is scattered

over

his home.

The roots

beneath him

dry up,

and the branches

above him

wither away.

The memory of him

perishes

from

the earth,

and he has

no

name

in

the land.

He is driven

from light

into

darkness

and is chased

from the inhabited world.

He has no

offspring

or posterity

among his people,

no

survivor

where he once lived.

Those in the west

are appalled

at

his fate,

while those in the east

tremble in horror.

Surely

such

is the dwelling

of the wicked,

and this

is the place

of one who does not

know

God.”

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